1996年4月,是美国文学史上第一个诗歌月。此后每年的4月都是美国法定的诗歌月。2000年4月的美国,在书页上、网络里、媒体中,处处可以看到诗之花开得茂盛而又鲜艳。美国诗人学会行政主任比尔·沃兹沃斯在第五年的美国全国诗歌月 April 1996, the first poetry month in the history of American literature. Every April since then is a statutory month of poetry in the United States. April 2000 in the United States, in the pages of the book, the network, the media, everywhere you can see the flowers of flowers flourish and bright. American Poet Society Executive Director Bill Wadsworth in the fifth year of the American National Poetry Month